Honest-to-goodness posting for a needed voice actor: We're looking for a male narrator whose a Jack Nicholson/Joe Pesci/Vincent Price type for a low budget unconventional horror film that's currently in post production. The ideal candidate's vocal presence should invoke intensity and suspense...
Buried within the many 50 lb. bags of wisdom passed around at VO Atlanta are two maxims that always bring knowing nods from presenters and their audience of voice-actors.Rule #1 goes something like this: "If you set your prices low as a newbie and first-time voice-actor, you'll never be able to...
Every day a new voice is born. When they get older people tell them "you should be in radio" (not knowing that radio these days hardly has any live humans to speak of anymore). When that happens often enough, the person with the golden pipes starts to believe they really SHOULD be a voice actor. ...
In the side-halls of the Airport Atlanta Hilton, VOA attendees are dishing in hushed tones about the DeWees/Fiverr conundrum.A few feet away, in the main hall, J Michael Collins is deftly moderating a panel on pay-to-plays.Threading its way through both conversations is the seemingly unanswerable...
The lady who sits down across the lunch table from me was blond, bubbly, and about my age. We're both at the catered lunch provided by VO Atlanta on a Saturday. "I'm Barbara," she says. "I've been working as a nurse most of my life, but I think there's a future for me doing voiceovers."I...
No sleep last night. Greeted with hailstones at the Atlanta airport. But... a glorious reunion with old friends, and the wonderful introduction to new friends at the first day of VO Atlanta. In the interest of my sanity (I'm on a panel tomorrow), I'm leaving you these shots before I head to bed....
...which is why I don't play games on computers. No... really!I have so much fun getting computers, tablets, and smartphones to do what I want them to do, that I have to treat it as a game (just to stay sane). I'm not talking about troubleshooting...I'm talking about driving the space on every...
...Or it could be the VO Version of a Golf Bag, or a Mechanic's toolbox, or a skier's pack.We're into our "stuff", and voice actors tend to be as geeky as the best professional photographer or plumber when it comes to equipment. Yes, we like our GEAR...and nowhere does this come into play more...
Your local contacts may lead to the best-paying, longest-lasting, or even most fulfilling jobs in your VO playbook. It depends on the size of your market, of course, but there is a rule of thumb that your VO business -- though global -- should start locally.In your favor: people are fascinated by...
...will I see you in Atlanta?The 2016 Voice Over Atlanta conference will be its 4th year, but it will be my first visit. VOA is an extension of its founder and executive: Gerald Griffith, and his company: VoiceoverCity.Friends who went last year raved about the energy of the event. 'Last I...
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